Dollar stores across Chicago have been fined thousands of times for serious infractions such as selling expired infant formula, labor violations, and maintaining filthy conditions. Despite the fines, corporations behind these stores find it easier to pay penalties than to address the underlying problems. Store owners have exerted pressure on the City Council, resulting in some aldermen caving to their demands, which has hindered the progress of proposed new regulations. The proposed ordinance, scheduled for a vote next week, aims to restrict the growth of dollar stores by banning those owned by the same company from opening within one mile of each other.
New push to limit growth of dollar stores Critics claim there are crime, maintenance and product issues but the stores tout their deep discounts. The proposal, up for a vote next week, would ban dollar stores owned by the same company from opening within one mile of each other… https://t.co/7kmx4xMUcn
Chicago is the latest city taking steps to rein in dollar stores. https://t.co/GUprNcPZtS
Dollar stores across the city were fined thousands of times for expired formula, labor violations & filthy stores. It’s easier for the corporation behind these stores to pay fines than it is to fix problems in their stores. ✍️ @_ManuelRamos_ reports: https://t.co/VksjtM8Ate https://t.co/P5eRg8uAk4
Dollar stores were fined thousands of times for selling expired infant formula, overcharging customers & making employees work in unsafe conditions. They paid the fines & kept going. Then the store owners pressured City Council to gut proposed new rules--& lots of alders caved. https://t.co/2zC5qPt0MV
Dollar stores in Chicago are repeatedly fined for serious violations, but "a proposed ordinance to bring modest new regulations to dollar stores has encountered stiff resistance" from officials & biz groups, @_ManuelRamos_ reports https://t.co/Vzyb8wD5Q6
As the City Council debates the best way to regulate troubled dollar stores, I took a closer look at how these stores are being managed. Here’s what I found (Spoiler: A whole lot of fines).🧵 https://t.co/iRMvWfKVVD
Dollar stores across the city were fined thousands of times for expired formula, labor violations and filthy stores. Will the city regulate them? ✍️ @_ManuelRamos_ reports: https://t.co/pM8uaNRN6L https://t.co/iZlHQSAbn0